ESU 16 in Ogallala had a Friendsgiving to celebrate the upcoming holiday. We had the best fried turkey thanks to Chad! Teresa did an awesome job carving it! ESU 16 is wishing you all a wonderful upcoming Thanksgiving! We are grateful for you ALL!!!





Check out the High Plains Early Learning Connections Winter❄️ Newsletter for upcoming training!
Click here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGWUOyms2k/9FHg-idbe05BXmWr_fwuOg/view?utm_content=DAGWUOyms2k&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Happy Birthday to Board Member Robert Jones! We hope you have a wonderful day!

Spring 2025 New Cohort Pyramid Model Classroom practices training!
Who: PK-2 Teachers, Paras, Admin, SPED, Title I
When: Jan 24, Feb 21, and Apr 4, 2025 (3 more sessions in the Fall)
Where: ESU 16 North Platte 9-3 ct
Registration is now open! https://registration.esu16.org

Early identification of speech, language and hearing delays is critical! Follow this link to learn signs of a possible problem. https://www.asha.org/public/early-identification-of-speech-language-and-hearing-disorders/

Last Chance to register for the PITSCO🤖 Robotics Day on November 13th!
Register here: https://registration.esu16.org by November 12th

A reminder from your ESU 16 SLP's on feeding and swallowing milestones for babies to 3 year olds. https://www.asha.org/public/developmental-milestones/feeding-and-swallowing-milestones-birth-to-1-year/

Happy National School Psychologist Week!!! ESU 16 is fortunate to have 3 School Psychologists (Teresa, Shalee, and Catherine) who support students birth-21 in the areas of academic, behavior, social-emotional, and mental health. We are wishing ALL School Psychologists a wonderful week and thank you for always going above and beyond! You All Matter so much!! This week we encourage you to reach out to a School Psychologist(s) and wish them a wonderful NSPW week!!
https://www.esu16.org/page/mental-wellness

A few weeks ago, OWLS was invited to join students from Hershey and Sutherland at Homestead Pumpkin Patch. As you can tell, they all had a great time!







ESU 16 November Upcoming Events

Wishing Speech Pathologist, Julie, a Happy Birthday! We hope you enjoy your day!

The OWLS students were busy last week. We were able to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and built 3 walls for a shed. The kids loved working with their hands and learning new work skills.









Student's from Mullen and Ogallala came to Mid-Plains Community College to tour the OWLS program last week. Sarge was excited and came up with a workout routine for them all!







ESU 16 Counselors Day January 23, 2025!
Topics will focus on Work-Based Learning, Career Readiness and Mental Wellness
Registration is Now Open: https://registration.esu16.org

Wishing Paraeducator , Kathy, a very Happy Birthday!

Congratulations James!!!

ESU 16 wants to wish you all a Safe & Happy Halloween! We had some special visitors today!

Check out these leaders & teachers in Wallace, Maxwell, & PCS! Leadership & Educator CKLA ELA Cohort kick off was a blast! Ensuring high-quality materials & instruction is given to all teachers & students is a priority for Wallace, Maxwell, & PCS!#deserveit #WhatInspirESU




ESU 16 wants to celebrate one of our colleagues who just fulfilled a bucket list item! Jason Gieschen who is a huge help at the ESU 16 Office in Ogallala life long dream is to meet Shaquille O'Neal aka Shaq in-person and his dream finally came true!!! Jason was selected by Shaq to come on stage with him! Way to go Jason we are so proud of you!! Great message in that don't give up on your dreams!!! Shaq is so luck to have such a great fan!!!

Fun things are happening in Ogallala! We are finally on the path to pavement in the back parking lot at the Ogallala Central Office! 🎉🚗

